Product Owner

Are you a Product Owner looking to join one of the top companies in the Banking industry?

Are you looking to further your career and grow?

Do you have experience with business, analytical, technical, or product?

If you answered yes to those three questions, then apply today!

Acara Solutions seeks highly qualified candidates to work on-site with our client in Buffalo, NY. Interested?

Here's what you'd do:

• Serves as the owner of an assigned product or set of products by representing the voice of the customer and stakeholders to ensure that the product provides value to the customer while aligning with the business strategy.
• The Product Owner defines their product vision and roadmap, prioritizes the product backlog, anticipates client needs, and is the primary communicator between product stakeholders and teams while evaluating product progress at each iteration.
• In addition, the Product Owner plays a key role in the company's strategic direction, defining and articulating new opportunities and working in close concert with key stakeholders, including senior leadership and their dedicated agile team.
• Build and own the product vision and roadmap that aligns with the overall strategic intent and communicate them with the team and all stakeholders.
• Prioritize the backlog based on the overall product vision and strategy.
• Represent the customer's voice within the team and convey story details to the team; make autonomous decisions quickly and thoughtfully to move delivery forward in alignment with the overall product vision and strategy.
• Write user stories and groom the backlog in partnership with the team.
• Specify acceptance criteria for each user story in support of moving the team to Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD).
• Work directly with the delivery team to create appropriate information radiators and other communication tools for internal team and stakeholder use.
• Participate in all team activities and ceremonies.
• Use a matrixed influencing approach to work with essential business partners throughout the organization irrespective of hierarchy or divisions, advocating for the benefit of the customer.
• Understand and engage with your customers.
• Focus on outcomes over outputs, incorporating design thinking methods and analytics to inform product design.
• Collaborate across teams and with other Product Owners to align the customer journey and dependent backlogs.
• Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls in accordance with its Risk Appetite.
• Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the client brand.
• Maintain the client's internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points and any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.
• Create a comprehensive Project Plan leveraging the NowCreate methodology, outlining timelines, resources, and milestones.
• Design a ServiceNow solution for SecOps and utilize the NowCreate methodology to guide the implementation and configuration of the ServiceNow SecOps solutions.
• Lead Agile/Scrum meetings to support the implementation of ServiceNow SecOps. Integrate ServiceNow SecOps with Splunk, Crowd strike, RSA Archer and Tenable.
• Participate in change authorization boards (CAB) and provide analysis and recommendations based on the change affecting the security posture of the system.
• Utilize the NowCreate methodology to guide the implementation and configuration of the ServiceNow SecOps solutions.

Here's what you'll get:

Pay: $68.19/hr

Hours: 40 hours/week

Length: Temporary (12 months).

Sounds like a good fit?

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About Acara Solutions

Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

Required Skills:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum 4 years of experience with business, analytical, technical, or product.

Preferred Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Prior experience prioritizing across competing priorities and quickly changing landscape.
• Prior experience actively seeking out multiple opinions, making independent decisions, and influencing positive outcomes.
• Understanding of Design Thinking principles.
• Knowledge of basic product design and development best practices.
• Knowledge of Agile and Lean principles and practices.
• Experience working in partnership with user experience teams on product design.
• Experience developing/managing digital capabilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Specific subject matter expertise as required by the assigned product.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be needed to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the necessary employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, sex, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. The Aleron companies welcome and encourage applications from diverse candidates, including people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for applicants taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.